The News Review:
- Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars carry message of hope out of war
- Former Boy Soldier Defends His Account of Conscription Into War
- Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone.
- Sierra Leone Cervical Cancer Patient dies in USA
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars carry message of hope out of war
Dallas Morning News – Dallas Morning News (subscription) – Jan 31, 2008
The group has also been featured on CNN and The Oprah Winfrey Show, as well as NPR’s Talk of the Nation. Among those who’ve seen the band previously is Dallas resident Melonie Kastman. The television-commercial producer has been to Sierra Leone four times and met the Refugee All Stars last year in Colorado. She was immediately impressed with how beautifully they represent their country and its citizens. "The band was very open and excited, very engaging, and they make a strong connection with their audience," says Ms. "I found it to be a very personal performance.
Former Boy Soldier Defends His Account of Conscription Into War
Washington Post – Jan 31, 2008
Beah’s whereabouts in 1993 and 1994 will likely remain a matter of conflicting memories, and not documented fact. Because of the civil war, records at his school were destroyed, as were copies of contemporary newspaper accounts. The book itself is not widely available in Sierra Leone, and one Mattru Jong native quoted by the Australian, school principal Abdul Barrie, told the AP that he had never seen it until a journalist showed him a copy. Barrie also said that rebels made sporadic attacks and withdrawals on Mattru Jong from 1993 until January 1995, when the “whole town” was captured “and everybody left. ” He is the principal of the Centennial Secondary School, which Beah attended before fleeing Mattru Jong. Many memoirs include disclaimers at the front saying names or dates or the sequence of events have been changed, often to protect identities or prevent legal action. “A Long Way Gone” has no disclaimer…
Meanwhile, he wants to write again about Sierra Leone, this time without the need of fact-checking or disclaimers: He wants to write fiction. AP reporter Clarence Macaulay in Freetown, Sierra Leone, contributed to this report.
Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone.
Awareness Times – Jan 31, 2008
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Sierra Leone Cervical Cancer Patient dies in USA
Awareness Times – Jan 31, 2008
Mariama was first diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer in August of 2006 here in Sierra Leone and was taken to the United States for treatment by Dr. Darius Maggi who established the West Africa Fistula Foundation that provides assistance to women with reproductive organ problems. In the USA in 2006, Dr. Mary Hebert and Dr.